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To hem, cough slightly (in order to attract attention, express doubt, etc.). Ighamí siá. Draw his attention by coughing slightly. Ginighamán akó níya kag sang pagbalikíd ko nagkádlaw siá. He coughed and when I looked back he smiled. Walâ ka magígham, haw! Yes, but you might have given a cough to let me know you were there! (see igáigá).
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To hem, cough slightly (in order to attract attention, express doubt, etc.). Ighamí siá. Draw his attention by coughing slightly. Ginighamán akó níya kag sang pagbalikíd ko nagkádlaw siá. He coughed and when I looked back he smiled. Walâ ka magígham, haw! Yes, but you might have given a cough to let me know you were there! (see igáigá).
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A simulated cough, hem, hum; to cough, to hem (hum) and haw, to speak in a very hesitating manner. Nagaigáigá gid lang siá. He just hems and haws. Ginigáigahán gid lang níya akó nga walâ gid siá maghámbal sing maáthag. He just kept coughing (hemming and hawing) at me without saying anything distinctly. (see ígham).
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A simulated cough, hem, hum; to cough, to hem (hum) and haw, to speak in a very hesitating manner. Nagaigáigá gid lang siá. He just hems and haws. Ginigáigahán gid lang níya akó nga walâ gid siá maghámbal sing maáthag. He just kept coughing (hemming and hawing) at me without saying anything distinctly. (see ígham).
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See ilighámon-a sore throat with coughing.
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See ilighámon-a sore throat with coughing.
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(B) An interrogative or exclamatory particle added to the end of a sentence in the meaning of: Why, wherefore, for what reason, well, how is that, explain yourself, or the like. Walâ ka magígham, haw? Why did you not cough (to make your presence known, etc.)? Walâ ka magasulát, haw? Why are you not writing? Explain yourself. Walâ mo pagtumána ang ginsógò ko sa ímo, haw? What is the reason that you did not carry out my order? (see ngáa, tungúd, sa, anó).
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See i-. "I-" and "ig-" can often be used promiscuously, e.g. ighámbal, ihámbal; igsilíng, isilíng; igdápat, idápat; igbátok, ibátok; etc. But words beginning with the letter "k" have nearly always "ig-" instead of "i-", e.g. igkasubô, igkasákit, igkahuyâ, igkúdlit, etc.
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See i-. "I-" and "ig-" can often be used promiscuously, e.g. ighámbal, ihámbal; igsilíng, isilíng; igdápat, idápat; igbátok, ibátok; etc. But words beginning with the letter "k" have nearly always "ig-" instead of "i-", e.g. igkasubô, igkasákit, igkahuyâ, igkúdlit, etc.
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